Weld rod



Patented Jan. 11, 1944 UNITED STATES ZPATENT- OFFICE I asst-81s V WELDBOD stameylanoody w. M. Cbaoe 023 Michigan rotation of No Drawing. A plication ham. men, assignor it Detroit, Mich, I oor- Deoember 4, 1941,

- Serial No. 421,888

This invention relates to a weld red.

A weld rod or weld metal should produce a.

a weld rod which produces a better weld than fiose nowin use and which is more economical A welding rod having all of the above advantages and desirable characteristics is one fabricated from an allo comprising essentially iron and one or more metals that will produce a ferritic single phase alloy such as molybdenum,

'chrqmlum, vanadium, copper, aluminumand tungsten. An iron-molybdenum alloy is preierred. In such alloy the molybdenum can be varied within a range from about 2% to about 596 by weight of the alloy with the balance iron.

Although carbon is not essential to the alloy, a

carbon content from about '.05% to 30% by weight is very practical. A higher carbon content cauaes brittleness in the weld; If the molybdenum content is progressively increased above 5% by'weight. then at room temperature the de gree of brittleness 0f the weld produced by such rod increases commensurately.

This welding r'od will produce a weld which has high strength over a'wide range of temperatures such, for example. as fromroom temperature to as high as 230021 At the latter temperature the weld produced-by this weld rod will have ahigher:

strength than him. 'Ihl's'alloy will have higher strength and higher over amuch wider temperature than stainless steel.- Further, this iron-molybdenum: alloy can be hot and cold rolled without fracture. For-this reasonthisweldrod 2 Claims. (01. 2194:)

future of Bimetal. In fabricating Bimetal it is common practice to are weld along their edges with stainless steel (chromium 18%, nickel 8%,

balance iron) 2. billet ofhlgh expansion jalloy and a illet of low expansion alloy preparatory to heating the two billets for hot rolling which is followed by cold rolling. The weld along the edge of the two billets keeps the air out from between the two billets while being heated p i aratory' to and during hot rolling. The stainless steel weld metal is removed prior to cold rolling because it fractures during cold rolling.

iron-molybdenum alloy is very useful for this purpose-because-it will not develop cracks either rod may be useful for welding together the armor of tlmgsten and iron, the tungsten being present in said alloy in an amount falling within a range plate on tanks and the welding of low alloy steels.-

Other ferrite formers can be substituted for or used in combination with molybdenum within the range in which they or their" combinations form ferritic' alloys. These metals and their re spective ranges in which 32y age, farts-916th are. chromium, l5%-40%; vana um, coptlmgstem per up to .3%: aluminum, 2%-%; 6%-8%:balanceironinallcases. I

Iclaim':

l. A weld rod comprising essentially an alloy or from about 6% to about 8% by weight of the alloy and the balance of said alloy being iron.

2. A weld rod comprising essentially a ferritic ,.al1o or molybdenum. tungsten and iron having the following composition: tungsten not more than 8%, molybdenum not more than 5%, and

orweldmetalis-particularlyusefulinthemanuthe balance iron, the sum of the amounts of molybdenum and tungsten'being at least 2% of the alloy. 

